Tea Quotes

The cold seemed less relentless now. The small circle of white light from my bedside lamp and its hint of the dawn to come seemed to drive the worst of the chill away and the hot tea did the rest, as I lay and read further into the life of the young woman in the bravado coat.

~ Jane Lovering

I thought Mr. Millward never would cease telling us that he was no tea-drinker, and that it was highly injurious to keep loading the stomach with slops to the exclusion of more wholesome sustenance, and so give himself time to finish his fourth cup.

~ Anne Brontë

The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies.

~ William Faulkner

A combination of fine tea, enchanting objects and soothing surroundings exerts a therapeutic effect by washing away the corrosive strains and stress of modern life. [... It] induces a modd that is spiritually refreshing [and produces] a genial state of mind.

~ John Blofeld

Some days 'staying put' might feel the same as Going Nowhere.Make a cup of tea, and wait for that feeling to pass.

~ Vivian Swift

Blood, sweat, and tea, sister! That's what it takes to achieve all great and terrible things.

~ Emory R. Frie

A traditional Englishman drinks tea to the point where his blood has long-since been replaced with an infusion of Ceylon, Assam, and Darjeeling.

~ Fennel Hudson

Iced tea! Nothing is half so refreshing as a glass of black tea piled high with ice! More than a quencher of thirst, it is a tamer of tempers, a lifter of lethargy, and a brightener of smiles. It is a taste of Winter’s chill, magically trapped in midsummer’s glass.

~ Paul F. Kortepeter

Drinking tea is as sacred as doing yoga. Sleeping silently, relaxed, is as sacred as prayer. Looking at a tree, talking to a friend, walking early in the morning, working in the factory or in the office, is as holy as anything else. This is the understanding that is needed for Tao to happen.

~ Osho

Dearly beloved – dearly revered – dearly discovered – dearly feared – all present – all powerful – all knowing – all from the taste of tea.

~ Dharlene Marie Fahl

Astonishing how tea opens the ears.

~ Michelle Franklin

Where there's tea there's hope.

~ Arthur Wing Pinero

Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.

~ Yoshio Taniguchi

I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break.

~ Elton John

The Tea Party people say they're angry about socialism, but maybe they're really angry about capitalism. If there's a sense of being looked down upon, it's that sense of failure that's built into a system that assures everyone they can make it to the top, but then reserves the top for only a tiny fraction of the strivers.

~ Gail Collins

Well you know I'm very supportive of what the Tea Party is trying to do. They're very concerned with spending, the deficit, the bailouts, you know all of those kinds of things. But I really think that the strength of the Tea Party is being a grassroots movement.

~ John Boozman

I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

~ Rob Lowe

There is nothing quite like a freshly brewed pot of tea to get you going in the morning.

~ Phyllis Logan

I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea of eternal youth. It's called Silver Needle. It's unbelievably expensive, but I get it on the Web.

~ Antonio Banderas

I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.

~ Judi Dench

My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.

~ Julie Christie

While most Americans know about the Boston Tea Party, few are aware of the Liberty Tree and how important it was to fanning the flames of rebellion that led to the revolution in 1775 and the Declaration of Independence.

~ Ronald Kessler

I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.

~ Dan Farmer

Food plays a large part in our weekend, but on a Friday evening, I'll make us something simple for tea. I might have a wee glass of wine.

~ Victoria Pendleton

Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings.

~ Letitia Baldrige

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.

~ Debbie Wasserman Schultz

The first thing I did was give up sweet tea because I drank so much. I'd start drinking at lunchtime and wouldn't set it down until I went to bed. When you calculate how much empty calories and how much sugar I was consuming, it was staggering. So I haven't had a glass of sweet tea in three years.

~ Paula Deen

Mam was always saying we had a simple diet: tea and bread, bread and tea, a liquid and a solid, a balanced diet - what more do you need? Nobody got fat.

~ Frank Mccourt

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

~ Anthony Storr

Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.

~ Billy Connolly

In a big Bollywood romantic film, taking my shirt off and spreading the hand towards the mountain with dancers behind me are not my cup of tea.

~ Vir Das

I like cups of tea and reading books and poetry and old people things.

~ Bindi Irwin

I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.

~ Zach Galifianakis

I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies.

~ Gordon Ramsay

It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.

~ Mandy Moore